I claim 36, making me the youngest DBA here. Of course, myself is the oldest DBA here at 36. And I is the average of our ages.
Me, myself, and I work pretty well together, if you ignore all the arguments. > -----Original Message----- > From: Freeman Robert - IL [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2003 1:35 PM > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > Subject: RE: dba age > > > Well I *AM* 37, and I don't feel old. I'm actually the > youngest DBA in my > group, and it seems like I'm always the youngest wherever I go... > > Robert > > > > > -----Original Message----- > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > Sent: 7/23/2003 12:14 PM > > King Arthur: "Old woman!" > Dennis: "Man." > KA: "Sorry. Old man! Whose castle is that?" > D: "I'm 37!" > KA: "What?" > D: "I'm 37, I'm not old!" > KA: "Well, I can't just call you 'man'." > D: "Well, you could say 'Dennis'." > KA: "I didn't know you were called Dennis." > D: "You never bothered to find out, did you?" > > At least I'm "only" on the cusp of 35. And I have 6 years > "experience" > with > Oracle. I've lost whole databases, even, thanks to WindohsNoT running > Oracle7. My experience tells me not to put Oracle on Windohs. YMMV. > I've > experienced upgrades, patches, and migrations -- oh my! I've > experienced > the joy that isn't OiD 9.0.2. I've experienced a developer who could > have > sworn he was in the test DB. I've experienced successful > recovery with > zero > data loss and no downtime during core business hours. I've > experienced > AutoRAID. I've experienced BAARF. I've experienced Intel, Alpha, > SPARC, > and PA-RISC. Duhvelopers have experienced my wrath. I have > experienced > my > own wrath during moments of Duh. I've experienced this list, > with it's > many > helpful and some not so helpful members. > > And yet, there's so much I haven't experienced. Like lunch today. > > Standing in for Paul Harvey, > I'm Rich Jesse. Good Day! > > -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: Anderson, Brian INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
